List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham

This list of tallest buildings in Birmingham ranks skyscrapers and other structures by height in Birmingham, England.

High-rise development in Birmingham was most active during the post-war development phase of the 1960s in which many box-shaped towers were constructed out of concrete and this also included a large amount of tower blocks housing flats. These towers are now either being demolished or being renovated like The Rotunda on New Street.

High-rise development slowed during the 1980s and early 1990s however is increasing once again with the recent completions of Holloway Circus Tower and the Orion Building and many proposed projects in development areas such as the Eastside. Many of these new high-rises contain residential properties which are promoting city living. There are three buildings that have been approved for construction which are taller than Holloway Circus Tower - currently the tallest habitable building in Birmingham. As of June 2010 there are 86 buildings and structures in Birmingham with a height of at least 50 metres (164 ft) with a further 13 under construction and 14 approved for construction.

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Tallest completed buildings and structures

This list ranks the top 86 completed buildings and structures in Birmingham at least 50 metres (164 ft) tall, which excludes buildings under construction, proposed buildings and cancelled buildings.

Rank Name Use Image Height (m) Height (ft) Floors Year Coordinates Notes
1 Sutton Coldfield transmitting station Telecommunications tower 245 804 N/A 1959 [1]
2 BT Tower Telecommunications tower 152 499 5 1966 [2]
3 10 Holloway Circus Mixed 130 427 40 2005 [3]
4 Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower Clock Tower 110 360 N/A 1908 [4]
5 Alpha Tower Office 100 328 28 1973 [5]
6= Clydesdale Tower Residential 90 295 32 1972 [6]
6= Cleveland Tower Residential 90 295 32 1971 [7]
6= Orion Building Mixed 90 295 28 2007 [8]
9 The Rotunda Mixed 81 266 23 1965 [9]
10= 103 Colmore Row Office 80 262 23 1976 [10]
10= Tyseley Energy from Waste Plant Chimney 80 262 N/A 1996 [11]
12= Centre City Tower Office 76 249 21 1975 [12]
12= Five Ways Tower Office 76 249 22 1979 [13]
14 Hyatt Regency Hotel 75 246 24 1990 [14]
15 1 Snow Hill Plaza Office 72 236 20 1973 [15]
15 The Cube Office/Residential 70.4 231 23 2010 [16]
16= Londonderry House Office 70 230 17 [17]
16= Colmore Gate Mixed 70 230 15 1992 [18]
16= Quayside Tower Mixed 70 230 19 1965 [19]
19= The McLaren Building Office 69 226 21 1979 [20]
19= Metropolitan House Office 69 226 19 1974 [21]
19= Edgbaston House Office 69 226 18 1976 [22]
22 Midland Building Office 67 220 17 [23]
23 Bank House Office 66 217 20 1967 [24]
24 Brindley House Mixed 65 213 18 1967 [25]
25= Fifty4 Hagley Road Office 64 210 18 [26]
25= Cumberland House Office 64 210 18 [27]
27= Centenary Plaza Residential 63 207 20 2002 [28]
27= Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham Public Facility 63 207 14 2006
27= Stephenson Tower Residential 63 207 20 1967 [29]
29= Muirhead Tower University 62 203 15 1971 [30]
29= Hagley House Office 62 203 17 1965 [31]
31= St Martin in the Bull Ring Place of Worship 61 200 N/A 1855 [32]
31= Trident House Residential 61 200 19 1981 [33]
31= Jurys Inn Hotel 61 200 18 1975 [34]
31= Dalton Tower (Demolished 2011) Residential 61 200 21 [35]
35= Briarley Residential 59 194 21 1966 [36]
35= Churchill House Residential 59 194 21 1966 [37]
35= Windsor House Office 59 194 14 [38]
35= Lloyd House Office 59 194 13 [39]
35= Lyndon House Office 59 194 17 [40]
35= Clyde Tower Residential 59 194 20 1967 [41]
35= Lawrence Tower (Demolished 2011) Residential 59 194 21 [42]
42= Auchinleck House Mixed 58 190 13 1964 [43]
42= Church of St Peter and St Paul Place of Worship 58 190 N/A 1480 [44]
42= Barry Jackson Tower Residential 58 190 20 1972 [45]
42= Stafford Tower Residential 58 190 21 [46]
46= Warstone Tower Residential 57 187 20 1967 [47]
46= One Snowhill Mixed 57 187 12 2009 [48]
46= City Centre House Mixed 57 187 13 1965 [49]
46= Pritchett Towers Residential 57 187 20 1971 [50]
46= Hodgson Tower Residential 57 187 20 1971 [51]
46= Sapphire Tower Residential 57 187 20 1971 [52]
46= Durham Tower Residential 57 187 20 1970 [53]
46= Studley Tower Residential 57 187 20 1969 [54]
46= Victor Tower Residential 57 187 20 1969 [55]
46= Century Tower Residential 57 187 20 1968 [56]
46= Holbrooke Tower Residential 57 187 20 1968 [57]
46= Salisbury Tower Residential 57 187 20 1968 [58]
46= Brinklow Tower Residential 57 187 20 1967 [59]
46= Canterbury Tower Residential 57 187 20 1967 [60]
46= Wickets Tower Residential 57 187 20 1967 [61]
46= Wilmcote Tower Residential 57 187 20 1967 [62]
62 Three Brindleyplace Mixed 55 180 13 1998 [63]
63 Block M Masshouse Circus Residential 54.5 179 15 2011 [64]
64= Colmore Plaza Office 54 177 14 2008 [65]
64= Albany House Mixed 54 177 12 1962 [66]
66= Normansell Tower Residential 52 171 18 1972 [67]
66= Norfolk Tower Residential 52 171 18 1971 [68]
66= Cornwall Tower Residential 52 171 18 1970 [69]
66= Eight Brindleyplace Mixed 52 171 14 2002 [70]
70= Axis Office 51 167 12 [71]
70= 1 Colmore Row Office 51 167 12 2004 [72]
72= Orion Building Phase 2 Residential 50 164 16 2008 [73]
72= Block H & I Masshouse Circus Mixed 50 164 14 2007 [74]
72= West2 Mixed 50 164 12 2006 [75]
72= 130 New Street Mixed 50 164 12 [76]
72= Pallasades House Mixed 50 164 12 [77]
72= 12 Calthorpe Road Office 50 164 12 [78]
72= Aston University Main Building University 50 164 12 [79]
72= One Martineau Place Mixed 50 164 12 [80]
72= Tricorn House Mixed 50 164 12 [81]
72= Lakeside West Building Residential 50 164 16 1999 [82]
72= Edmund House Office 50 164 12 [83]
72= Embassy House Office 50 164 12 [84]
72= Canterbury House Office 50 164 12 [85]
72= Alcoa Aluminium Plant Chimney 1 Chimney 50 164 N/A [86]
72= Alcoa Aluminium Plant Chimney 2 Chimney 50 164 N/A [87]
72= Alcoa Aluminium Plant Chimney 3 Chimney 50 164 N/A [88]

Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed buildings

Under construction

Under Construction
Building Height Image Floors Year Started Status Notes
Snowhill Residential Tower 138 metres (453 ft) 43 2007 On hold [89]
Snowhill Hotel Tower 82 metres (269 ft) 23 2007 On hold [90]
Two Snowhill 75 metres (246 ft) 15 2007 Under Construction [91]
Aston University Block A and B 60 metres (197 ft) 18 2008 Under construction [92]
Library of Birmingham 70 metres (230 ft) 10 2010 Under construction
Bagot Street Student Housing 52 metres (171 ft) 17 2009 Under construction [93]

Approved

Approved
Building Height Floors Notes
Regal Tower 199 metres (653 ft) 56 [94]
V Building 152 metres (499 ft) 51 [95]
103 Colmore Row 134.5 metres (441 ft) 35 [96]
Broad Street Tower 134 metres (440 ft) 38 [97]
New Street Station Tower 1 124 metres (407 ft) 30 [98]
New Street Station Tower 2 124 metres (407 ft) 30 [99]
1 Snow Hill Plaza 118 metres (387 ft) 29 [100]
Block 3, Martineau Galleries 110 metres (361 ft) 30 [101]
Beorma Quarter 107 metres (351 ft) 27 [102]
Retail Quarter, Park Central 90 metres (295 ft) 28 [103]
121 Suffolk Street Queensway 82 metres (269 ft) 25 [104]
Edgbaston Shopping Centre Redevelopment (Phase 2) 73 metres (240 ft) 17 [105]
Lancaster Gateway 73 metres (240 ft) 21 [106]
Block A,B,C,D & E, Masshouse Circus 69 metres (226 ft) 18 [107]
Hotel La Tour 61 metres (200 ft) 15 [108]
Block J & K Masshouse Circus 60 metres (197 ft) 15 [109]
Block F & G Masshouse Circus 60 metres (197 ft) 17 [110]
Aston University Block C 60 metres (197 ft) 18 [111]
Birmingham Magistrates' Court 58 metres (190 ft) 11 [112]
City Park Gate Plot 2 56 metres (184 ft) 16 [113]
Bristol Road Gateway Tower 55 metres (180 ft) 18 [114]
Edgbaston Shopping Centre Redevelopment (Phase 1) 50 metres (164 ft) 12 [115]
2 Snow Hill Plaza 50 metres (164 ft) 12 [116]

Proposed

Proposed
Building Height Floors Notes
VTP200 200 metres (656 ft) 10 [117]
Central Fire Station Redeveloment 107.5 metres (353 ft) 29
Pentavia 1 76 metres (249 ft) 25 [118]
49-51 Holloway Head 75 metres (246 ft) 20 [119]
St George House Redevelopment 75 metres (246 ft) 25 [120]
Pentavia 2 55 metres (180 ft) 13 [121]

Tallest destroyed

This lists buildings in Birmingham that were destroyed or are undergoing demolition and at one time stood at least 50 metres (164 ft) in height.

Name Image Height
ft / m		 Floors Com-
pleted
in		 Des-
troyed
in		 Notes
Stephenson Tower 995207 / 63 20 1967 2011 Demolished in the summer of 2011 as part of site clearance for the redeveloped New Street railway station[122][123]
Dalton Tower 995200 / 61 21 1970's 2011 Demolished on the 8th May 2011 in a controlled implosion as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development.[124][125]
Lawrence Tower 995194 / 59 21 1970's 2011 Demolished on the 8th May 2011 in a controlled implosion as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development.[124][126]

Timeline of tallest buildings and structures

This lists free-standing structures that once held the title of tallest structure in Birmingham.

Name Location Years as tallest Height
metres / ft		 Floors Reference
St Philip's Cathedral Colmore Row 1725–1777 01.040 / 131 03.0N/A [127]
Church of SS Peter and Paul Aston 1777–1855 02.057.9 / 190 04.0N/A [128]
St Martin in the Bull Ring The Bull Ring 1855–1900 02.061 / 200 04.0N/A [129]
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower University of Birmingham 1900–1969 02.0100 / 328 04.0N/A [130]
BT Tower Jewellery Quarter 1969–Present 02.0152 / 498 04.0N/A [131]

References

  1. ^ Sutton Coldfield transmitting station
  2. ^ BT Tower
  3. ^ 10 Holloway Circus
  4. ^ Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower
  5. ^ Alpha Tower
  6. ^ Clydesdale Tower
  7. ^ Cleveland Tower
  8. ^ Orion Building
  9. ^ The Rotunda
  10. ^ 103 Colmore Row
  11. ^ Tyseley Energy from Waste Plant
  12. ^ Centre City Tower
  13. ^ Five Ways Tower
  14. ^ Hyatt Regency
  15. ^ 1 Snow Hill Plaza
  16. ^ [1]
  17. ^ Londonderry House
  18. ^ Colmore Gate
  19. ^ Quayside Tower
  20. ^ The McLaren Building
  21. ^ Metropolitan House
  22. ^ Edgbaston House
  23. ^ Midland Building
  24. ^ Bank House
  25. ^ Brindley House
  26. ^ Fifty4 Hagley Road
  27. ^ Cumberland House
  28. ^ Centenary Plaza
  29. ^ Stephenson Tower
  30. ^ Muirhead Tower
  31. ^ Hagley House
  32. ^ St Martin in the Bull Ring
  33. ^ Trident House
  34. ^ Jurys Inn
  35. ^ Dalton Tower
  36. ^ Briarley
  37. ^ Churchill House
  38. ^ Churchill House
  39. ^ Lloyd House
  40. ^ Lyndon House
  41. ^ Clyde Tower
  42. ^ Lawrence Tower
  43. ^ Lawrence Tower
  44. ^ Church of St Peter and St Paul
  45. ^ Barry Jackson Tower
  46. ^ Stafford Tower
  47. ^ Warstone Tower
  48. ^ One Snowhill
  49. ^ City Centre House
  50. ^ Pritchett Towers
  51. ^ Hodgson Tower
  52. ^ Sapphire Tower
  53. ^ Durham Tower
  54. ^ Studley Tower
  55. ^ Victor Tower
  56. ^ Century Tower
  57. ^ Holbrooke Tower
  58. ^ Salisbury Tower
  59. ^ Brinklow Tower
  60. ^ Canterbury Tower
  61. ^ Wickets Tower
  62. ^ Wilmcote Tower
  63. ^ Three Brindleyplace
  64. ^ [2]
  65. ^ Colmore Plaza
  66. ^ Albany House
  67. ^ Normansell Tower
  68. ^ Norfolk Tower
  69. ^ Cornwall Tower
  70. ^ Eight Brindleyplace
  71. ^ Axis
  72. ^ 1 Colmore Row
  73. ^ Orion Building Phase 2
  74. ^ Block H & I Masshouse Circus
  75. ^ West2
  76. ^ 130 New Street
  77. ^ Pallasades House
  78. ^ 12 Calthorpe Road
  79. ^ Aston University Main Building
  80. ^ One Martineau Place
  81. ^ Tricorn House
  82. ^ Lakeside West Building
  83. ^ Edmund House
  84. ^ Embassy House
  85. ^ Canterbury House
  86. ^ Alcoa Aluminium Plant Chimney 1
  87. ^ Alcoa Aluminium Plant Chimney 2
  88. ^ Alcoa Aluminium Plant Chimney 3
  89. ^ Snowhill Residential Tower
  90. ^ Snowhill Hotel Tower
  91. ^ Two Snowhill
  92. ^ Aston University Block A and B
  93. ^ Bagot Street Student Housing
  94. ^ Regal Tower
  95. ^ V Building
  96. ^ 103 Colmore Row
  97. ^ Broad Street Tower
  98. ^ New Street Station Tower 1
  99. ^ New Street Station Tower 2
  100. ^ 1 Snow Hill Plaza
  101. ^ Block 3, Martineau Galleries
  102. ^ Beorma Quarter
  103. ^ Retail Quarter, Park Central
  104. ^ 121 Suffolk Street Queensway
  105. ^ Edgbaston Shopping Centre Redevelopment (Phase 2)
  106. ^ Lancaster Gateway
  107. ^ Block A, B, C, D & E, Masshouse Circus
  108. ^ Hotel La Tour
  109. ^ Block J & K Masshouse Circus
  110. ^ Block F & G Masshouse Circus
  111. ^ Aston University Block C
  112. ^ Birmingham Magistrates' Court
  113. ^ City Park Gate Plot 2
  114. ^ Bristol Road Gateway Tower
  115. ^ Edgbaston Shopping Centre Redevelopment (Phase 1)
  116. ^ 2 Snow Hill Plaza
  117. ^ VTP200
  118. ^ Pentavia 1
  119. ^ 49-51 Holloway Head
  120. ^ St George House Redevelopment
  121. ^ Pentavia 2
  122. ^ "Birmingham tower block comes down". Birmingham Post. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2011/07/01/birmingham-tower-block-once-home-to-the-cast-of-crossroads-comes-down-97319-28974151/. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  123. ^ "Stephenson Tower". Skyscrapernews.com. http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=633. Retrieved 2011-09-08. 
  124. ^ a b "Tower blocks demolished for second phase of £215m student village". Aston University. http://www1.aston.ac.uk/about/news/releases/2011/may/student-village/. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  125. ^ "Dalton Tower". Skyscrapernews.com. http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=242. Retrieved 2011-09-08. 
  126. ^ "Lawrence Tower". Skyscrapernews.com. http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=241. Retrieved 2011-09-08. 
  127. ^ "St Philip's Cathedral". Skyscraperpage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=606&searchname=timeline. Retrieved 2011-09-08. 
  128. ^ "SS Peter and Paul". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=84198. Retrieved 2008-06-30. 
  129. ^ "St Martins in the Bull Ring". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=65700. Retrieved 2008-06-30. 
  130. ^ "JC Clock Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6367. Retrieved 2008-06-30. 
  131. ^ "BT Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2262. Retrieved 2008-06-30. 

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